Accompanying booklets includes essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum and artwork by Charles, Jesse, Maxon, and Robert Crumb.

Originally produced in 1994; theatrical release in 1995.

Audience

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Summary

An intimate documentary portrait of underground artist Robert Crumb, whose unique drawing style and sexually and racially provocative subject matter have made him a household name in popular American art. Zwigoff candidly and colorfully delves into the details of Crumb's incredible career, as well as his past, including his family of reclusive eccentrics, some of the most remarkable people ever seen on-screen.

Contents

Exciting subject for a movie -- The little guy that lives inside my brain -- Charles and Maxon -- Early memories and teenage years -- After I got famous -- The horror of America -- Beatrice Crumb -- Sex and relationships -- Family life -- Charles Crumb Sr. -- A bitchin bod and other controversies -- It's a beautiful world -- The die is cast -- Color bars.